June 2012
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anaïs Nin
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What are you reading this weekend?
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“Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”
― Elie Wiesel
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“Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening.”
― Allen Ginsberg
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“The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses
Happy Bloomsday!
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Maureen Johnson: THE ADVENTURE OF THE RANDOM HOUSE →
maureenjohnsonbooks:
By popular demand* I bring you the Random House/FedEx story. This happened not *too* long ago. This is partially by memory, but I did write it down afterwards, because it was so great.
MAUREEN wanders into the local FedEx with a package she needs to send to Random House publishers. Random House…
We’ll just assume this is the culprit behind the suspicious lack...
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“When I’m really into a novel, I’m seeing the world differently during that time - not just for the hour or so in the day when I get to read. I’m actually walking around in a haze, spellbound by the book and looking at everything through a different prism.”
― Colin Firth
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“So this is it,” he says.
It is. After forty-two years of marriage, she’s leaving him. At least that’s how David puts it—how he will put it, no doubt, when they tell the girls. And it’s true in a way: she was the one who finally decided she couldn’t go on like this. A week ago she asked him for a trial separation. She hates that term. As if she’s standing in front of a judge and lawyers, a jury...
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“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.”
― Aristotle
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